Rabu, 27 Januari 2016

Top 8 Richest Authors in the World

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Worked as a writer and being rich is a dream of many people. Forbes released a list of the world's richest author in this year. A total of 17 names appear. Some names are authors who are already wandered in the world of publishing. But three names in it is the author who never existed before. Here are top 7 richest authors in the world based on forbes.com

J.K. Rowling $1 billion

She was the influential woman in the popular Harry Potter series. Her first masterpiece titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. While in the United States, it was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. At that time, her works published in 1997, and directly got a warm welcome from the readers. She also wrote the series and the last one was in 2007, entitled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The book as well became the fastest selling work of all time, sold 15 million copies in 24 hours or a day and night. Before achieved the success, Rowling was poverty stricken. But now seems like her life was a 100% changed. She became a most successful writer with a profit of $ 1 billion.

This American author managed to gain a net worth of $ 89 million. He is known for his novels about the psychologist Alex Cross. Patterson also writes Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, and Witch and Wizard series. In addition, there are many other thriller books published by independent, non-fiction, and other romance novels. His books have sold more than 300 million copies.image: http://www.jamespatterson.com/about_biography.php#.VqksoZp97IU

Stephen King $34 million

Stephen Edwin King is a writer from the United States. He was popular through his writing horror novels. The stories he wrote often involve ordinary protagonist, for example, middle-class family, a child, or a writer. Besides horror stories, King also wrote stories in other genres, including The Body and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (each adapted into a movie titled Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption), as well as The Green Mile and Hearts in Atlantis.Image: http://stephenking.com/press.php

Janet Evanovich $33 million

Janet Evanovich achieved the success after writing a series of mystery novels performing Stephanie Plum as the main character. Plum, a fictional character in the series, told as a lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, turned bounty hunter after losing a job. The sixteenth novel in the series has consistently topped the list of the New York Times Best Seller. Sales total of 33 novels written has reached 75 million copies around the world. No wonder if the name Evanovich has been named as one of the world's richest author.
Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Evanovich#/media/File:Janet_Evanovich_20100914.jpg

John Grisham $26 million

The king thriller was originally a criminal case lawyer for ten years. He also was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Until then he had to launch her first album in 1989, A Time to Kill. Other works followed in 1991, the Firm. This novel even filmed played by Tom Cruise. He became one of three authors that sold 2 million copies in premier publication. Grisham was successfully selling as much 275 million copies of his book. The result, of course, contributes greatly to increase his wealth that has now reached $ 26 million.Image: http://www.jgrisham.com/bio/

Jeff Kinney $ 25 million

Jeff is a game designer, cartoonist, producer, actor, and author of children's books. Including as a writer for the series 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. He came sixth as the richest author in the world with a fortune of US $25 million.Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kinney_(author)

Bill O'Reilly $ 24 million

The author of the controversial book "Killing Lincoln," Killing Kennedy "and" Killing Jesus "is succeeded in obtaining a net profit of $ 24 million in 2013. Although at first renowned as a speaker on television shows, Bill O'Reilly finally even gained success as an author.
Image: http://www.billoreilly.com/photos

8. Nora Roberts $ 23
million

Author
Nora Roberts from the United States became the seventh richest with a
wealth of $ 23 million. He has published more than 209 romance
novels. Nora Roberts is the first author to be part of the Romantic
Writer America at Hall of Fame. In 2011, the novel remained at 861
weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List, including 176 weeks in
the first position.image: http://www.noraroberts.com/

Are there any of your favorite author among those above? They really have felt the benefits of being a writer. They not only get an inner satisfaction that their writing can be read by millions of people around the world but also get a wealth. May we all be inspired and motivated to write, as was done by the top 8 richest authors in the world mentioned above.